FIRSTLY - Nor the Shaman or DK could've stopped the Boomkin doing that damage as he was in cloak of shadows. The only person who could've stopped it was the Hunter (scatter, pet cc or counter shot) - however he was just in the edge of the root/beam so I'm not 100% sure how many of those he could've cast.

Secondly, this will never work in high level Arena.

Thirdly, i'll explain how and why this happened and why it's 1. Not viable and 2. Not broken (any X class can fill the Boomkin spot in this comp and do the same):

Ok, so lets take a look at the procs he had (click for a bigger version):

Now, notice how almost all of this was Enchants, Trinkets, the Rogue or the Shaman - and nothing outside normal CDs for the Boomer. He's running double DPS trinkets and used Cloak offensively for the opener. If the Hunter had done anything to interrupt one of the Boomkins casts and the Shaman trinketed the cheap and spirit walkers graced / ns'd / linked and survived the opener the game would've been an easy cleanup for the Hunter/DK.

Yes it's a cheese and yes it caught them by surprise but it isn't viable and is just a gimmick.

FIRSTLY - Nor the Shaman or DK could've stopped the Boomkin doing that damage as he was in cloak of shadows. The only person who could've stopped it was the Hunter (scatter, pet cc or counter shot) - however he was just in the edge of the root/beam so I'm not 100% sure how many of those he could've cast.

Secondly, this will never work in high level Arena.

To be fair, DK stun and mind freeze are unaffected by Cloak of shadows as it is physical.

Ban the mod, how dare he try to sully our class! Seriously though, if you can hardcast ANYTHING in pvp, the other team is going to have a bad time.

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Honestly not sure on mind freeze or death grip off the top of my head lol. Asphyxiate for sure, and possibly on grip. No clue on Mind freeze, I know its groundable (Or used to be?) but not clue if cloak stops it, as I play with a warlock on my moonkin so I have that symb, never had Cloak on it before <.< Should probably learn just in case!

But as you said, it is 100% preventable, and that would never happen at high level arena with people paying attention.

Especially with like 80% of people using that gladiator los thing that screams out when people use cds, it would have filled the persons headphones with so much they probalby would have spammed everything to get it to stop ;P

And even then, you can instant cast Starsurge as much as an Elemental can instant cast Lava Burst, in addition to Starsurge hitting harder as well. How does that work?

This season's beyond redemption for Balance.

I hope you aren't implying instant starsurge is anywhere near instant lava burst that always crits and nearly always procs an additional lava burst for 75% damage. Boomkins can get some nice RNG sometimes but ele's are constantly throwing much more single target damage and can RNG even harder.

Also, what Snuggli said. Haven't seen any booms run without treants especially against a DK since roots are the only thing that stops them from destroying a team. If the match had gone on like normal that dk+hunter would have plastered them.

Last edited by Hand Banana; 2014-07-15 at 08:10 AM.

Originally Posted by Gandrake

I like how when people complain about getting killed by kill shot which can have a 43 yard range, no resource cost, and can be used again if it doesn't kill and everyone says WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT IS CALLED KILL SHOT
but when a warrior does it, clearly the ability's name is "useless wet noodle piece of shit strike with an exorbitant rage cost that should do the same damage as MS"

I hope you aren't implying instant starsurge is anywhere near instant lava burst that always crits and nearly always procs an additional lava burst for 75% damage. Boomkins can get some nice RNG sometimes but ele's are constantly throwing much more single target damage and can RNG even harder.

Also, what Snuggli said. Haven't seen any booms run without treants especially against a DK since roots are the only thing that stops them from destroying a team. If the match had gone on like normal that dk+hunter would have plastered them.

I am implying that, as I've played both classes and the potential is very high for either of them. You're able to throw just as many Starsurges out as you can with Lava Bursts because of how far statistical inflation has come due to Prideful, and the damage difference is also negligible.